Workshops
Available Programs
Bring Character Mapping to your group or organization–on-site or online–with one or more of the following topics, customized to fit your specific projects and interests.
Look for live, interactive virtual events coming soon. Join our mailing list for updates.
An Integral View of Human Living
The Integral Framework lays the foundation for all of the core topics that together create cohesive, dynamic characters. Live workshops take the self-paced online course into a live, interactive experience, focusing on characters and stories you're working on while supporting artistic health.
On-demand masterclass available now.
Ties That Bind: Family Legacies & Social Roles
Learn to quickly create a family tree that tracks relational dynamics across generations and through the present day. Discover the role of ethnic and cultural influences in a character's life, and master the dysfunctional relational rules that drive a character’s familial and social roles.
Systems of Selves
Explore IFS and parts work to develop the layers of a character's personality while learning more about your own. Identify core wounds, and gifts driving motivations and internal conflicts. Unconscious “shadow work” and personality typing systems are applied to character story arc, with tips on avoiding stereotypes. Learn how to take on challenging characters safely, and how to unblend from them as well.
Survival, Attachment, Power & Control
Get a deeper look at chilhood attachment styles and wounds that inform a wide range of survival strategies and adult intimacy patterns. The shame accompanying attachment traumas and the underlying drive for power and control are illustrated in depth.
Myths About Madness
Learn new perspectives on common mental health diagnoses and the latest findings about the emotional brain and nervous system. You’ll learn to distinguish between “Big T” and “little t” traumas, and the most common life experiences that bring out the best and worst in any character.
Using Your Craft for Artistic Health
Identify parts of you that block or support creative flow. Transform your relationship to procrastination, perfectionism, striving, insecurities, and rejection. Preserve and improve psychological health when taking on challenging characters. Learn tools for harvesting the character's gifts and releasing their burdens.
Go deeper with these topics through customized coaching for individuals and teams.
Integral Foundation Masterclass
Available Now
Lifetime Access
This self-paced masterclass lays the groundwork for all Character Mapping's key components, featuring the System of Selves.
With 4+ hours of experiential learning, you'll gain essential tools, practices, and perspectives to build rich, compelling characters—time and time again.
